Health Care

Intermediate Care Facilities

Institutions which provide health-related care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of care which hospitals or skilled nursing facilities provide, but because of their physical or mental condition require care and services above the level of room and board.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

Institutions which provide health-related care and services to individuals who do not require the degree of care which hospitals or skilled nursing facilities provide, but because of their physical or mental condition require care and services above the level of room and board.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Care Facilities, Intermediate
  • Care Facility, Intermediate
  • Facilities, Intermediate Care
  • Facility, Intermediate Care
  • Intermediate Care Facility

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Aspects Covered

11 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

intermediate = not requiring degree of care provided by hosp or skilled nurs facility

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History Note

91(79); was see under NURSING HOMES 1979-90

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Previous Indexing

  • Nursing Homes (1966-1978)

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Tree Number

  1. N02.278w.825.610w.480

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Intermediate Care Facilities. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D007380. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D007380
  2. Intermediate Care Facilities. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q70469231